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SHOWING BINDING

This morning I noticed a question on the Welcome mat and I also received this question . . .What does ''SHOW BINDING'' mean as a finish for a hooked mat?I think the reply is anyones guess!

You could cover the edge with wool fabric like we hooked the rug with . . .cut on the straight of grain or the Bias(-click for how to . . .). . .but I myself usually hook rugs for the floor . . .so I would not use wool fabric . .not strong enough.

I have recently finished a repair EDGE of an antique rug that was bound with fabric that over the years just disintegrated . . ..

I found that BLACK cotton CARPET BINDING TAPE worked well and hid all the backing and hopefully will last a long time!Notice all the beautiful blacks the fabrics faded into over years of use!I have re-hooked a few spots . ..they look ok to me!

MORE TIPS on BINDING A RUG with CARPET TAPE underneath the rug click HERE

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This seems like a better spot for all those leftover worms that hang about filling endless bags for heaven knows when they might be needed!

Just get a piece of backing organized and fill it as strips are welcomed into the left over pile!

Seems easy enough and a no-brainer rug will be underway!always ready for a mindless hook at a hookin . . . .I can never take my more creative rugs as I can not hook and talk ! So this is perfect on all fronts!

LUPIN TIME hooked
NOT easy to hook with all those tiny flowers but here they are sort of ROVING done and it seems to work well . . . great job!I would like to see the finished mat!

I imagine there are many ways to hook these special flowers
One of the things I really love about lupins are the shape of their leaves . . .drawn here in a very simple stylized manner and hooked in a 3 value sort of way.
TUESDAY 21 JUNE
I have noticed today that this posting of hooked lupins is a featured blog on Rug Hooking daily! Thank you Heidi!
I must note here that I did not hook this mat and I have no IDEA where I saw it - I just love LUPINS!!

If you read my post and it is your work PLEASE comment here !!
I certainly would love to know you and give you credit !

Yesterday I suggested you start sewing on the binding in the corner . . . Be sure to leave a couple of inches to cut off at the end- and then just fold and set up the mitre on the back side-at the corner where you started! Voila!! there are no seams joined on your sides. On the underneath side,neatly sew corner MITRED together with tiny little stitches . . .use LINEN thread or . . . . if you do not have any, then use 100% COTTON . . Take small running stitches all around on the inside edge of your tape. For the BEST PHOTOS of this whole procedure check out Jen Manuels BLOG site her pictures are excellent for yesterdays description of the same thing! Please Remember there are many ways to FINISH the EDGE of a RUG . . . this is just one way . . .which I ,myself like . . if the rug is at all like an old style of Antique kind of design. . . .or any other style come to think of it! .